Advanced vocabulary development Ages PSAT SAT GRE

16+ 9 9 9

Word list 5
Group 1 Notes
Anecdote a brief amusing story ...................................................
Celerity speed ...................................................
Dexterous skilful with hands ...................................................
Extraneous irrelevant ...................................................
Incoherent not clear ...................................................
Maladroit clumsy; unskillful ...................................................
Pallid pale ...................................................
Presumptuous assuming too much; arrogant ...................................................
Scrupulous careful; diligent; painstaking ...................................................
Unequivocal clear; obvious ...................................................

Group 2 Notes
Animosity hatred; antagonism ...................................................
Censorious disapproving; critical ...................................................
Dichotomy a division into two parts ...................................................
Extrapolate extend; predict on the basis of known data ...................................................
Incongruous not fitting in; out of place ...................................................
Malady illness ...................................................
Palpable easily felt; easily perceived ...................................................
Pretentious pompous; self-important ...................................................
Scrutinize examine carefully ...................................................
Unfetter set free ...................................................

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Group 3 Notes
a building which is an addition to an existing
Annex (n)
building ...................................................
Censure blame ...................................................
Didactic intended to teach; instructive ...................................................
Extrinsic irrelevant; on the outside ...................................................
Inconsequential unimportant; insignificant; negligible ...................................................
Malediction a curse ...................................................
Panacea remedy for all ills ...................................................
Prevaricate speak misleadingly and evasively ...................................................
Scuttle sink ...................................................
Unfrock to remove a priest from his position ...................................................

Group 4 Notes
Annex (v) take possession of; seize; capture ...................................................
Cerebral intellectual ...................................................
Diffident lacking confidence ...................................................
Fallacious false ...................................................
Inconspicuous not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable ...................................................
Malefactor a wrong-doer ...................................................
Paradigm 1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things ...................................................
Pristine unspoiled ...................................................
Seminary an institution in which priests are trained ...................................................
Unprecedented never having happened before ...................................................

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Group 5 Notes
something which does not fit in a pattern;
Anomaly
irregularity ...................................................
Certitude certainty ...................................................
Digress wander off the subject ...................................................
Falter hesitate; waver ...................................................
Indelible cannot be wiped out ...................................................
Malinger deliberately avoid work; shirk ...................................................
Paradox apparently contradictory statement ...................................................
Proclivity tendency towards ...................................................
Sensuous appealing to the senses ...................................................
Unscathed unharmed; intact; without a scratch ...................................................

Group 6 Notes
Antagonism hostility; strong opposition ...................................................
Charlatan trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have ...................................................
Dike dam; embankment ...................................................
Fanatical obsessive; fixated ...................................................
Indifferent 1. neutral; 2. not outstanding ...................................................
Malingerer person who deliberately tries to avoid work ...................................................
Paragon a perfect example ...................................................
Procrastinate delay; put off ...................................................
Sentinel guard; sentry ...................................................
Unwitting not deliberate; unconscious ...................................................

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Group 7 Notes
Antagonistic opposed; hostile; aggressive ...................................................
Chary wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give ...................................................
Dilatory slow; falling behind with one's work ...................................................
Fanaticism passion; excessive devotion ...................................................
Indigenous native to a particular area ...................................................
Malleable flexible; can be shaped ...................................................
Paramount of supreme importance ...................................................
Prodigal wasteful; extravagant ...................................................
Sequester isolate ...................................................
Upbraid scold; tell off; reprimand ...................................................

Group 8 Notes
Antediluvian outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned ...................................................
Chastises punishes ...................................................
Dilemma puzzling situation ...................................................
Fastidious overly particular; finicky ...................................................
Indolence laziness ...................................................
Mallet 1. wooden hammer; 2. stick used for polo ...................................................
1. scrounger; 2. animal which takes digested food
Parasite
from another ...................................................
Prodigious very large ...................................................
Serendipity fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery ...................................................
Uproarious hilarious; hysterical; very funny ...................................................

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Group 9 Notes
Anthology a book which is a collection of poems or stories ...................................................
Chicanery trickery ...................................................
person who dabbles in a subject without serious
Dilettante
study ...................................................
Fatuous silly; foolish ...................................................
Inductee novice; beginner ...................................................
Manipulatable influencable; controllable ...................................................
Parched dried up ...................................................
Profane unholy ...................................................
Serene calm; peaceful ...................................................
Upshot outcome ...................................................

Group 10 Notes
Anthropocentrism putting man at the center of one's philosophy ...................................................
Chimerical changeable; unstable ...................................................
Diligent hard-working ...................................................
Feasible possible and practicable ...................................................
Indulgent pampering; satisfying desires ...................................................
Marred damaged; spoiled ...................................................
Pariah an outcast from society ...................................................
Profanity swearing; cursing ...................................................
Serrated jagged; saw-like ...................................................
Urbane sophisticated; suave ...................................................

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